Choices
Job is at it again. He wants his day in court.
Job again took up his discourse and said: "Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent; when the Almighty was still with me, when my children were around me; when my steps were washed with milk, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square, the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose up and stood; the nobles refrained from talking, and laid their hands on their mouths; the voices of princes were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths. When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved; because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth. Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix; my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches; my glory was fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.' - Job 29:1-20
The story of Job has always been a tough one to understand, not because bad things happen to good people, but because God uses Job to prove a point.
I would like the story more if God and the devil were not involved at the beginning and at each point of the conflict.
In the 2023 movie, The Shift, a modern-day take on the story, the main character, Kevin, is shifted to a different reality where he no longer has his wife and son, and he becomes ill.
The one who does the shifting, is the Benefactor, who is recruiting Kevin to be like him, giving Kevin choices that Kevin has to decide on.
Like Job, Kevin will not abandon God throughout the movie, and that becomes clear early on. The twist in the story is the bizarre multiple realities that are presented.
The point is that our choices make the reality we live in. That's a good point, but this version of the story may be just as fantastic, if not more so, than the original.
What I take away from it is this. God is always with us, through good and bad.
More to come...
The Shift: https://www.angel.com/movies/the-shift